IndiaAI Mission Selects 10 AI Startups for Global Acceleration Programme in Paris

IndiaAI selects 10 startups for global acceleration programme

IndiaAI Mission has selected 10 homegrown AI startups for its global initiative, partnering with Paris-based Station F and HEC Paris. The four-month programme supports global scale-up, market access, and collaboration. Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw called it a milestone in India's AI innovation diplomacy and global growth.The IndiaAI Mission, under the ministry of electronics and information technology, on Thursday announced that 10 homegrown AI startups have been selected for the IndiaAI Startups Global Initiative, an international acceleration programme in partnership with startup incubator Station F, Paris and business school HEC Paris. The partnership between the IndiaAI Mission, Station F and HEC Paris opens up a new chapter in India's "innovation diplomacy", said Ashwini Vaishnaw, union minister for electronics and IT. "India's AI ecosystem is now on the cusp of a global breakthrough. Through initiatives like this, we are enabling our most promising startups to tap into international markets, form global alliances, and create scalable, impactful solutions," he said. The selected startups are Corover AI, Staqu Technologies, Neuropixel AI, PrivaSapien Technologies, SatSure Analytics, Storyvord, VolarAlta, Smartail, Secure Blink, and Voicing AI. They were chosen through a rigorous multi-stage process to represent India's dynamic innovation ecosystem, the ministry said in a statement. "The IndiaAI Startups Global Initiative is more than an acceleration program, it is a bridge between India's talent and the world's innovation hubs," said Meity secretary S Krishnan. "These 10 startups exemplify the strength, diversity, and global potential of Indian AI. We are proud to support their next leap as global AI leaders." The startups will undergo a four-month programme designed by HEC Paris to support their global scale-up, market access and cross-border collaboration. This includes a one-month online preparation module followed by a three-month immersive residency in Paris, France. This initiative forms part of the IndiaAI Mission's broader vision to catalyse India's leadership in responsible, scalable, and inclusive AI, the statement said. The programme will provide the startups with access to resources, mentorship, and networking opportunities with leading French and European ecosystem players during their residency.

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This programme is split into a one-month online preparation module followed by a three-month immersive residency in Paris The IndiaAI Mission, under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), has picked 10 homegrown AI startups for the IndiaAI Startups Global Initiative, an international acceleration programme in partnership with Station F, Paris and HEC Paris. "Through initiatives like this, we are enabling our most promising startups to tap into international markets, form global alliances, and create scalable, impactful solutions. This partnership of IndiaAI Mission with Station F and HEC Paris represents a new chapter in India's innovation diplomacy," said Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. Representing India's AI innovation ecosystem, these startups at Station F will undergo a four-month programme tailored to support their global scale up, market access and cross-border collaboration. This programme is split into a one-month online preparation module followed by a three-month immersive residency in Paris. This initiative forms part of the IndiaAI Mission's broader vision to catalyse India's leadership in responsible, scalable, and inclusive AI, the ministry said in a statement. The Indian AI Startups Picked Up For ISG 2025 Paris Are As Follows: CoRover.ai is a conversational AI-based startup that has built an LLM called BharatGP. It offers AI virtual assistants (chatbots, voicebots, videobots) to its clients, including IRCTC, LIC, Max Life Insurance, NPCI, BHIM-UPI, and the Government of India, among others. These bots can take command and respond in over 14 Indian languages. NeuroPixel.AI offers AI-enabled fashion cataloguing, synthetic model generation, and virtual try-ons. To do this, it deploys advanced AI/ML and statistical learning theory in computer vision and image processing areas for online retail storefronts. PrivaSapien offers AI-enabled solutions for privacy risk management, mitigation and data collaboration.The startup has built privacy technologies for businesses to enhance user security and help them meet global security compliance standards. SatSure uses satellite data to offer 'decision intelligence' across BFSI, agriculture, and infrastructure sectors. It counts Force Ventures, Luckbox Ventures and IndigoEdge Advisors among its investors. Secure Blink developed a product called Threatspy that helps developers automate the detection, prioritisation and remediation process while predicting future-prone threats in an application. Smartail is a deeptech startup that is focused on bringing in AI powered products and solutions into the education industry by developing its first flagship product Deepgrade - an AI powered answer paper correction on SAAS platform. Staqu developed an AI-backed video analytics platform Jarvis to facilitate law enforcement. Jarvis has been trained on data of over million videos depicting violence and other unruly behaviour captured through different CCTV sources. The company has also developed an app that provides police personnel with secured login IDs and access to the criminal database. Storyvord is an AI platform that helps in finding crew, manage logistics, ensure compliance, and enhance the creative flow in filmmaking. The platform engages in accurate budget calculations and offering recommendations, in order to maintain efficiency in production. Voicing.AI is an advanced agentic voice AI platform that automates customer-facing tasks with human-like voice agents with a capability for over 20 languages with conversational, contextual, and emotional intelligence. The platform is designed to integrate with custom tools, knowledge bases, CRM systems and leading call management platforms. Volar Alta is focussed on becoming a one-stop solution for drone-based inspection and surveillance. With its blend of sophisticated drones, advanced sensors, and AI-driven analytics, the startup is raising standards in drone-based inspections with minimized risks and enhanced data quality.